Vergil

Vergil is the older of the twin sons of Sparda and Eva, and despises his father for pitying the weak humans. Pretty much the complete opposite to Dante, Vergil have a lust for power and is willing to disregard anything to obtain the power of his father, Sparda. He uses Yamato, a keepsake from his father, and possesses a sense of style which rivals Dante's.

As a playable character in Devil May Cry 3, Vergil has access to Devil Trigger, Dark Slayer Style, Yamato, Beowulf, Force Edge, and Summoned Swords throughout the game.

Personality
His personality is the opposite of his brother's. Even though they are twin brothers, Vergil is calm, cool, and collected. In Devil May Cry 3, it is shown that Vergil has a fondness for reading books. He is quiet and prefers swords over guns, since he considers fire arms weapons unworthy of a "true warrior". In Devil May Cry, he was corrupted by Mundus therefore turning him into Nelo Angelo. It would also appear that Dante and Vergil were close at one time during childhood. After the boss fight with Arkham in Devil May Cry 3, Dante and Vergil finish him by each firing one of Dante's guns, simultaneously saying a catchphrase, "Jackpot", after Dante prompts his brother, asking him "Remember what we used to say?".

In contrast to Dante, Vergil seems to be willingly to embrace the history of Devil and their powers, while Dante wanted to protect the humans from Demons, Vergil wanted more demon powers, regardless of what happens to others around him. Despite of this, he cherishes two things in his life, Yamato, a demonic O-Katana as a keepsake from his father, and the other half amulet of Dante's counterpart. Even though Vergil states to Dante that "Might controls everything, without power you cannot protect anything, not even yourself." this may be a reference of what happened to the twins mother Eva as they were unable to protect her from the demonic forces that attacked their family.

Powers
Like Dante, he has superhuman strength, has a high agility and speed in excess of that of sound and also has a Devil Trigger. He has however a more advanced teleport, and has some magical knowledge. Needless to say, Vergil's demonic capabilities far surpasses Dante's, and also an extremely good swordsman. While Dante utilizes firearms as his ranged weapons, Vergil uses his demonic powers to manifest in a special way, resulting Summoned Swords, powerful phantom-esque swords that is capable of attacking in various ways.

After being corrupted by Mundus, Vergil, known as Nelo Angelo receives new enhancements to his powers. He now can fires concentrated demonic energies inconsequential of summoning phantom swords, and he wields a strange black zweihander with supernatural ease. When becoming Nelo Angelo, he is also capable of using stronger incarnations of Dante's attacks, making him a force to be reckoned with.

Role in Devil May Cry 3
Vergil is first seen in the top of Temen-ni-Gru, alongside with Arkham. After Dante defeats the Hell Vanguard, Vergil easily kills the fled demon with ease. He is later seen in one of the chambers, sensing Lady's presence. Although Arkham assures him that he would take care of it. Vergil later returns to the top of the tower, awaiting Dante, the twins reconciles, and a ferocious battle inconsequential erupts. Despite Dante's strength and skills, Vergil managed to gain the upper hand, dealing a powerful blow on Dante and taking his amulet away. However, little did Vergil noticed, the Rebellion he stabbed upon Dante awakened his brother's demonic powers. Sensing a challenge, Vergil goes into his battle stance, but was interrupted by Arkham, who urges him to leave.

Vergil's partnership with Arkham finally comes to an end when they reached Temen-Ni-Gru's final gate. Questioning why Arkham's reluctance of killing his own daughter, Arkham was shocked to learn that Vergil knew everything. Just as Arkham is about to cover up the incident, Vergil stabs Arkham with his katana, while insulting his failure of becoming a demon at the same time. Arkham's last words to Vergil was "what about you? both demon...and..human blood mingles in your vein..", in which Vergil coldly replies "''shut up." and kills the priest apparently.

In the the key chamber, Vergil's ritual upon unsealing the Demon World was interrupted by a wounded Beowulf, mistaking Vergil as Dante, the wild beast attacks Vergil and was slain right after learning his mistakes. Accessing Beowulf's soul, Vergil obtained Gauntlets and Grease created from the beast's soul. While Dante was hurrying up to the final seal, Vergil had no luck on unlocking the seal, and was later interrupted by Dante. The twins engaged another fight, which was interrupted by Lady. Although the battle ended with a tie. Both demonic brothers were equally wounded, and Jester makes his appearance by telling everybody has served their role nicely. Jester later turned back and forth between Arkham and Jester, explaining Vergil's failure attempt upon opening the final seal.

Angered by Jester's words, Vergil lunges upon the demon, but in his weakened state he was knocked back by Jester. After drawing Lady's blood, Vergil places his katana on Jester's neck, telling him that it's time for the clown to bow out. Now forming back into Arkham, he tells Vergil that the demon world has opened, and thus he cannot be stopped. The gears eruption managed to create an interruption between Vergil, Dante and Lady and the trio was knocked back. Vergil, unfortunately, was knocked down into a crack.

Vergil is later seen in Mission 20, where he assist Dante to defeat Arkham's demonic form after receiving the Force Edge. The twins managed to drive the monster back, followed by an iconic scene where both Dante and Vergil poit and fires Ebony and Ivory, finishing Arkham. Despite the success of destroying Arkham, Vergil did not lose his original goal on receiving the powers of Sparda. He fell into the brink of demon world, alongside with Dante where the twins fight for the ownership for the Force Edge and the amulet. After a tough battle, Vergil was defeated, though losing the Force Edge, he clenched tightly onto his fallen amulet, and tells Dante that no one can have the Force Edge, for it belongs to a son of Sparda, before heading into the portal to demon world. Seeing Vergil's intention, Dante raced to stop him, only to be declined by his brother, and falls into the demonic world.

In the secret ending of Devil May Cry 3, Vergil is last seen standing on the demon world, where three orbs glowing in the red sky, knowing who the foe was, Vergil confidently remarks that it would be fun to fight with the Prince of Darkness, saying "If my father could do it, so can I." and lunges towards the glowing orbs. However, in his weakened state, he was defeated and was corrupted by his father's very archenemy-Mundus, turning him into Nelo Angelo.

Nelo Angelo


Very little is known about Vergil while he is Nelo Angelo, though by his mannerisms and lack of speech, it can be assumed that the he was possessed by Mundus to a certain degree. Nelo Angelo is roughly 7 feet tall and covered in dark, glowing armor. His fighting style resembles Dante's, and he retains Vergil's abilities from Devil May Cry 3, such as teleportation, and summoning ghostly swords. By the final fight, Nelo Angelo reveals his true face to Dante, shortly before being beaten by his brother a final time. This time, Vergil loses his amulet after the loss.